Shabbat/Holidays
In 1993, nearly twenty years after Shoshana Zakar converted to Judaism, she found out she wasn’t Jewish. Zakar had…
He served as a Protestant minister in Japan’s fourth-largest city. Now, he is a kollel student in Jerusalem. Meet Moshe…
As Rabbi Natan Gamedze likes to tell it, his path to self-discovery—his transformation from prince to rabbi—was paved with chance…
As Shavuot approaches, a yom tov where we read the remarkable story of Ruth the convert, we present a series…
Legend has it that cheese was first discovered by accident.
“And Israel camped there before the mountain” (Exodus 19:2) “As one person with one heart” (Rashi) Everywhere we turn, there…
Here is an eclectic group of nutritious and easy-to-prepare recipes that I hope will appeal to different palates.
I have persistently promoted a grand heresy . . . that Elul is primarily a time of love.
Some of you may like to welcome Rosh Hashanah with recipes that introduce new ingredients, spices and flavors. These recipes…
Since stone was the primary building material, how did the Roman invaders burn down the Second Temple?
This special edition of the Talmud, published in the very land where, but a short time ago, everything Jewish and…